Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) is certainly one of the wealthiest lawmakers on Capitol Hill. As owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, Kohl has a $254 million asset on his hands, according to Forbes magazine.

Kohl made his fortune via inheritance, on Wall Street and by exploiting cheap, minimum-wage retail labor. He’s like the evil trifecta of capitalism, yet Democrats are going to campaign against a possible successor, Hovde, by complaining about his money.

In the spirit of solidarity with Congressman Tammy Baldwin (D-Madison) Kohl could abandon the team plane and try to squeeze all of his Milwaukee Bucks players into a Chevy Volt. That would at least demonstrate some self-awareness among Democrats.